Learning and Evaluation/Plan your program metrics/Diversity of participation

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Diversity of Participation

Goal: improve content breadth and quality through increased participation of underrepresented groups
Example Programs, Projects, or Events
  • increase gender diversity
  • increase language diversity
  • increase geographic diversity



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Inputs


Number of organizing and supporting staff and volunteers (ambassadors, mentors etc.)

Count of supporting staff and volunteers

Meeting Records, Logs, Reported estimates


Hours invested by staff and volunteers organizing and executing

Estimate of hours invested

Calendar Records, Logs, Reported estimates


In-kind donations (prizes, etc),

Estimated value in currency (comparable cost)


Funds or money used

Budget accounting

Budget spreadsheet



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Outputs


Number of people involved


Diversity of people involved (e.g., % female, % Global South)


Number of existing users involved

usernames



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Short term outcomes

Number of editors in smaller languages


Proportion of Female editors


Percent of productive edits from diversity programs



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Intermediate outcomes


( Coverage of Wikimedia articles improves )


Number of new articles created


Number of new categories created


Number of articles increases in smaller language projects


Quality of articles increases related to demographic area